TemplateContractors & trades·Freelance contracts

Statement of Work (SOW)

Define deliverables, milestones, and acceptance so scope creep does not eat your margin.

Sections covered

  • Project overview
  • Deliverables and milestones
  • Acceptance
  • Out of scope

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Project overview

A short summary of what is being built and why.

Deliverables and milestones

Milestone 1: [deliverable] — due [date] — [amount]
Milestone 2: [deliverable] — due [date] — [amount]
Final delivery: [deliverable] — due [date] — [amount]

Acceptance

The Client has 5 business days to review each deliverable and request changes in writing. If no response is received, the deliverable is deemed accepted.

Out of scope

List anything explicitly not included, so additional requests can be quoted as change orders.

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